Mamie Bare

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JONESBOROUGH - Mrs. Mamie Bare Keys, 102, Jonesborough, passed away Thursday, February 2, 2023, at her residence.

Mrs. Keys was born in Sullivan County and the daughter of the late Dewey Martin & Flora Friesland Bare. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Keys in 1981, siblings, Herman Bare (Clara), Fred Bare (Irene), Kenneth Bare (Ruth), Howard Bare, Cecil Bare (Elsie), James Bare (Julie), Billy Bare (Bernice) and Deanna Bare Miller and a grandson, Troy Keys.

She had been a member of Jonesborough Church of Christ for 70 years.

Mrs. Keys was a homemaker. A member of Hales Home Demonstration Club. She was an expert seamstress and worked part-time in alterations at Hannah’s Men’s Store. She loved spending time with family, working in her flower garden and crocheting. She was an avid reader.

She attended the Bare family reunion faithfully for 30 years which was held in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania.

Survivors include her children, Tony N. Keys (Trudy), Telford and Freida Keys Renfro (Dean), Limestone; grandchildren, David Renfro (Beth), Daniel Renfro (Trisha), Lindsey Renfro Clark (Steven) and Terah Keys Moore (Chris); eleven great-grandchildren; sister, Betty Bare-Sneeringer, Florida; and several nephews and nieces.

Funeral services will be conducted 7:00 PM, Monday, February 6, 2023, at Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home with Minister Tony Sayre officiating. The family will receive friends from 5:00-7:00 PM Monday prior to the service.

Interment services will be conducted 2:00 PM, Tuesday, February 7, 2023, at Monte Vista Burial Park. Family and friends will meet at the cemetery by 1:45 PM.

Pallbearers will be family.

Family/Spouse: E. Fred Keys. E. (son of Elbert Newman Keys and Iva Catherine Shanks) was born about 1920; died about 1981 in , Washington County, Tennessee, ; was buried in Monte Vista Memorial Park, Washington County, Tennessee, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dewey married Flora Ola Friesland on 9 Feb 1919 in , Ashe County, Tennessee, . Flora was born on 9 Mar 1900 in , Ashe County, North Carolina, ; died on 17 Feb 1998 in , York County, Pennsylvania, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harrison married Martha Elizabeth Bare on 19 Mar 1897 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina. Martha (daughter of Jesse Bare and Jane Bower) was born on 8 Jan 1876 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina; died on 18 Mar 1957 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hamilton married Mary Jane Little about 1869 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina. Mary was born on 29 Mar 1837 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina; died on 14 Jan 1926 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina; was buried in Farrington Cemetery, , Ashe County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jesse married Jane Bower on 30 Dec 1864 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina. Jane was born in Mar 1846 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina; died on 1 Apr 1940 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina; was buried in Farrington Cemetery, , Ashe County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]